American Indian English / William L. Leap.
American Indian English / William L. Leap.
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Publisher
Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c1993.
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T0384532
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii, 312 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Speaker and Structures. Ch. 1. Speakers and Speech Communities. Ch. 2. Sound Patterns, Sentence Forms, and Meanings -- Pt. II. Indian English and Ancestral Language Tradition. Ch. 3. The Ancestral Language Base. Ch. 4. Diversity and Contrast -- Pt. III. History and Functions. Ch. 5. Thoughts...
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Publisher
Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c1993.
Place of Publication
Utah
Date Published
c1993.
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Summary
Unlike contemporary studies on schooling, ethnicity, empowerment, and educational failure, American Indian English avoids postmodernist jargon and discourse strategies in favor of direct description and commentary. Data are derived from conditions of real-life experience faced by speakers of Indian English in various English-speaking settings. This...
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American Indian English / William L. Leap.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-307) and index.
Transferred from N427.908997/1.
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c1993.
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T0384532
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74VKKyVWapK3
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ISBN
0874804167 (acid-free paper)
9780874804164 (acid-free paper)
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427.908997
MMS ID
991021997719702626